Frank Auerbach

What drew me to this piece was it's expressive effect, whilst the face is clear & detailed, the rest is very loose, with use of different markings & shades. It fits together really well & I think it's choice of colour is fitting too.

Jim Dine 

Dine's work is very realistic looking, it has this 3D effect which makes you feel you could reach your hand out and pick up the tool. Whilst the tool is clear the background has this rough effect like it's been done on a rough piece of paper as a practise run. It also gives the appearance of ruffled, screwed up paper.  

Richard Diebenkorn
I think this piece is inviting in it's colour, and rough finish. It feels like it would be produced quick without much thought. I also like the bird's eye view feel to it, as if it had been done while up in a plane looking down on the country side below.

John Virtue

What's interesting about this piece is that although it's quite loose, expressive & appears to not have a lot of detail, you can still recognise where the landscape is from. The most iconic structures stand out which makes it recognisable. Also it gives off a great atmosphere, with it's contrast of black & white.

Robert Capa

What I found intriging about this photograph is that although represents or presents a time at war it can also portray, at first glance, a happier scene. Children may see it as presents falling from the sky & although it lacks vibrant colour a child may still believe that. In it's lack of colour it adds a darkness to it for adults who understand what this photograph represents. 

Shirin Neshat 

What I found interesting about this photograph was it's composition, it very simple & stands out. What is also intriguing is not knowing what the lettering on the hand means, it may say something against the use of guns or it may something for it, I'd only find out through research, but I find myself not wanting to really know as I can think for myself what the artists may want to represent.  

Thomas Cooper
This image offers infinite distance, you can see no end to it's trail, it appears to go on forever. It's inviting to the eye in it's misty effect, like some potion brewing, or time slowed down so people can appreciate the flow of running water. It has a very dreamlike effect, inviting you into it's, possibly dangerous, waters.

Walking artists

Richard Long
This piece is inviting because of the sense of distance it gives off, it feels to me that this path could go on forever and with the use of black and white it just adds a simple effect that takes away any confusion and just shows how simple the image really is. In it's loss of colour it draws your eye to the pebbled path.

Janine Antoni
The fact that this isn't a posed picture of someone walking and it's literally just a photo of someone on the move I find really nice as it can look different every time and there's no stopping for the photo. I also like how the artist chose to display it on two screens, very quirky and different draws your attention to it and gets you wanting to learn the story behind it. 

Francis Alys 
What's interesting about this artist is that their work isn't based of their own 'walking journey' but is based on others. Their work has a lot of character and invites you to want to learn more about the background story of these people. The background in them may not be as interesting but the people in it makes up for that. 

Fiona Rae

What caught my attention about this piece is that I thought it was a forest at first glance, it's inviting, colourful & very quirky. I really like how random this is, very loose with a lot of expression. 

 Anselm Keifer
This piece reminded me of an open book, I like it's raw looking material, each 'page' with a different texture, colour & most probably, feel. It's natural looking, doesn't look too man made apart from the placement of the materials.

Susan Hiller 

The negative space first drew me to this image because of it's colour, then I noticed the hanging orbs & got a sense of feeling in space with the night sky looking theme. I think it's very creative use of space, opting to be different from starting from the floor & going up to starting from the ceiling & going down. 

 Francis Bacon
What drew me to this piece was that in the mutation of the face it took the person's identity. This could be a mash up of anyone's portrait but knowing Bacon designed it on someone in particular makes it more striking in it being unrecognisable. It also reminds me of what a body looks like under it's skin, like mussel and bone, with it's use of colour.

 Matthew Calderwood.
What's striking about this piece it that it looks like it should fall apart, it doesn't look stable. With it's straight angles it's very captivating and inviting. Plus with it's choice of colour and background it stands out well against it.

Damien Hirst.

What caught my eye first was the blue against the white, it wasn't until I looked closely that I notice it contained something, and that something was a unicorn. What makes that interesting is that a unicorn is a mythical creature not an real animal, so it makes it interesting in his choice of creature.
I also like the angle from which this image is taken, it can at first appear to be a white horse, but when looked at from the smaller window you see it's horn. Also from the angle there can appear to be 3 separate animals, when in fact that's caused by the reflection of the glass or if the contain withholds any liquid. 

Transform

This is by Rachel Whiteread.
What took my interest about this is that I've actually seen it in person & never found out who it was by. What I like about it is it's made in the shapes of books & it's very plain & simple. It's a piece where you need to walk round the whole piece to appreciate it's simplicity.

Sarah Sze
This piece stood out to me based on it's odd shape & the random outbursts of colour, it has many interesting pieces that pull it together & transform them into something else. It's very inviting to eye.

Roger Hiorns
What makes this piece interesting is that it looks like it's been left half under water & then retrieved after many years. It's a very pleasant tone/gradient of blues, with the added crystal glint.

  Tony Cragg
I partly like this based on how the image is taken, it's from a low angle which will give more height to the piece. It's also interesting to me as at first glance I thought it was a pebble statue, but when I studied it properly I realised it was one whole piece.